This role as a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare in Stafford offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on residents' lives every day. The company values its teams and provides a supportive environment with opportunities for growth. The role involves delivering high-quality personal care to residents, recognizing and addressing clinical risks, and acting with respect and courtesy towards residents and their visitors.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be on delivering high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. Key responsibilities include assisting residents with personal hygiene while ensuring their independence, dignity, and respect; recognising and reporting any clinical risks; and practicing safe systems of work. No prior experience is required as comprehensive training is provided.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. The company is passionate about creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes. Avery is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Job description
Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
* Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
* Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
* Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.
About you
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
* Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
* Be able to adapt and be flexible to cover a range of responsibilities on short notice.
About Avery
At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
* To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, show initiative and respect towards residents and colleagues, be an efficient worker who can follow instructions, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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